This wonderful recovery story was sent in to me this week. Hi everyone, I am a community-based therapist in the Bay Area. I have struggled with binge eating since I was an adolescent. I have come a long way from the person I was at seventeen, and feel much healthier in my mind and […]
A lot of women think that they can control what other people think of them by controlling what their bodies look like. They believe that if they look a certain way, people will think of them in a certain way. Sadly, the media reinforces this belief for us. A few years ago, Hillary Clinton was
How to Stop Caring What Other People Think of You Read More »
It’s been almost a month since my last post, and for that i’m sorry. I’ve been busy working on getting my book into my publisher. Yes! I’ve written a book on how to stop binge eating. I’m very excited and will tell you all more as it gets closer to release date some time this
Friday Q & A- How can I be happy without binge eating? Read More »
Joanna Poppink is an eating disorder therapist down in Southern California whose blog I’ve been following for awhile. Her book Healing Your Hungry Heart was released in late 2011 and I truly think that everyone who suffers from any kind of food issue should read it. What I love so much about this book is
Book Review: Healing your Hungry Heart Read More »
“If someone called me chubby, it would no longer be something that kept me up late at night. Being called fat is not like being called stupid or unfunny, which is the worst thing you could ever say to me. Do I envy Jennifer Hudson for being able to lose all that weight and look
Leave Mindy’s Curves Alone! Read More »
1. Eat mostly minimally processed and whole foods. This means choosing to actually eat a piece of chicken and broccoli that you get from the store rather than picking up a chicken and broccoli Lean Cuisine and having it pass for dinner. You want your food to have as few ingredients as possible. A steak
10 Ways to Get a Healthy Body Now Read More »
Question: This is from Sunshine: Hi! I LOVE reading all of your posts! I still have the same problem. I am NOT motivated to lose weight and I sure would like to be. What should I do??? I don’t want to exercise or at least not very much. I don’t want to write down and
Friday Q & A- How can I become motivated to lose weight? Read More »
After I posted about clinical trials a couple of weeks ago, I began thinking that I’m sure a lot of you would be interested in getting involved in some clinical trials for binge eating and or bulimia. What is a clinical study you ask? Researchers are trying everyday to figure out better ways to treat
More Clinical Studies for Binge Eating, Bulimia and Anorexia Read More »
The most important move to make in healing from binge eating or bulimia is to always move forward past the binge. So, next time you binge, rather than saying to yourself, “okay, no dinner.” or “now I have to go to the gym for the next 3 hours to work it off…” or “no carbohydrates
Rule Number One. Never Undo the Binge Read More »